TOOK TOKEN MONEY FROM 45-YR-OLD FOR SALE DEED OF A HOUSE THAT THEY HAD ALREADY AGREED TO SELL TO SOMEONE ELSE PANCHKULA : Police on Tuesday booked three men for allegedly duping a lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army of ₹5 lakh in sale of a house which they had already agreed to sell to another person.
Complainant, Amit Yadav, 45, a resident of Sector 10, told the police that the accused, Gaurav Kaushal and Raj Krishan of Sector 9 here and one Kewal Krishan Anand, had taken ₹5 lakh as token money for the execution of a sale deed of Gaurav’s house in Sector 9 in December 12, 2018, which turned out to be a forged document.
Police said Yadav and his wife met the trio through a mediator but it was not disclosed that they have already fixed a deal of the same property with someone else. “The total sale consideration while execution of sale deed was of ₹2.13 crore, for which Raj and Kewal were the witnesses,” Yadav told the police.
However, in the legal scrutiny report of the house dated January 21, it was discovered that Gaurav had already entered into an agreement to sell it to one Anil Goyal, of NAC, Chandigarh. It was also found that Gaurav had been served a legal notice on January 7 for execution of sales deed with Goyal.
Investigating official sub-inspector (SI) Pawan Singh said, “The accused served Yadav a legal notice in February, asking him to pay the outstanding amount of the sale deed within 30 days, or forfeit the token money. Based on the complaint, the three accused have been booked under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 5 police station.”